The capri bag

MATERIALS ■ Pair of loose-fitting trousers (to use as a template) ■ Lightweight fabric: 2.5mx140cm ■ Elastic for shorts, 3cm wide: your waist measurement + 5cm ■ Elastic for top, 3cm wide: your high b

MATERIALS ■ Lightweight woven fabric: 2m ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit Designed by Portia Lawrie@portialawrie What better way to showcase a favourite fabric prints than with an oversized floaty

YOU WILL NEED ■ A few pairs of old jeans ■ Lining fabric: 20x40in ■ Webbing: 64in, 15/8in wide ■ Denim sewing machine needle ■ Ruler (or quilting square) ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit NOTES ■ S

MATERIALS ■ Lightweight fabric: 1.5–3m (see notes) ■ Shirring elastic: 2–3 reels ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit MEASUREMENTS NEEDED ■ W: 1.5 x bust ■ L: distance from armpit crease to desired he

NOTES ■ Place Templates printed side down when tracing them onto the wrong side of the fabrics. ■ Seam allowances are ¼in throughout, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwis

■ Pattern sheets x2 (Tracing required) ■ Instruction sheet Version A: ■ Sizes – 6-20: Fabric 3.6m of 150cm wide fabric ■ Sizes – 22-30: Fabric 4.8m of 150cm wide fabric Version B: ■ Sizes – 6-20: Fabr